Miha Fontaine

Miha Fontaine
Country Canada
Born (2004-01-03) January 3, 2004 (age 20)
Magog, Quebec, Canada
World Cup career
Seasons4 (2020-2023)
Indiv. starts18
Team starts2
Discipline titles0 – (10th in AE 2023)
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Mixed team aerials
Updated on 25 May 2023.

Miha Fontaine (born January 3, 2004) is a Canadian freestyle skier who competes internationally in the aerials discipline.[1][2] He is the son of former Aerials world champion Nicolas Fontaine.[3]

Career

Fontaine joined the national team in 2019.[1] In early 2022, along with fellow aerialist Émile Nadeau, Fontaine started to introduce more complex tricks into his routines to improve and consistency in his placements.[4] This led to a sixth-place finish at the Deer Valley stop of the World Cup.[5][6]

Winter Olympics medalist

On January 24, 2022 Fontaine was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[7][8] At the games, Fontaine was a part of Canada's bronze medal winning mixed aerials team.[9][10][11]

World Championships results

Year Age Aerials Aerials team
Kazakhstan 2021 Almaty 17 22 6
Georgia (country) 2023 Bakuriani 19 17 5

Olympic results

Year Age Aerials Aerials team
China 2022 Beijing 18 13 3

References

  1. ^ a b "Miha Fontaine". www.freestylecanada.ski/. Freestyle Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Miha Fontaine". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ Pierre Durocher (2018-01-14). "Nicolas Fontaine tient les sauts à bout de bras" (in French). Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  4. ^ Boutin, Richard (3 January 2022). "Ski acrobatique: Miha Fontaine et Émile Nadeau prêts pour la Coupe du monde" [Freestyle skiing: Miha Fontaine and Émile Nadeau ready for the World Cup] (in French). Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Nadeau, Fontaine et Aumond font bonne impression à Deer Valley" [Nadeau, Fontaine and Aumond make a good impression in Deer Valley]. ici.radio-canada.ca/ (in French). Radio Canada. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ Boutin, Richard (3 January 2022). "Fontaine et Aumond se rapprochent d'une qualification olympique" [Fontaine and Aumond close to Olympic qualification] (in French). Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Le Soleil. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ Nichols, Paula (24 January 2022). "Team Canada adds 24 freestyle skiers to the roster for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ Ewing, Lori (24 January 2022). "Moguls star Kingsbury leads Canada's Beijing Olympic freestyle team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Canada wins bronze in mixed team aerials at Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ^ Mitchell, Kevin (10 February 2022). "New event, new medal: Canada claims bronze in first-ever Olympic mixed team aerials". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ^ Chidley-Hill, John (10 February 2022). "Canada's mixed aerials team wins bronze at Beijing Olympics". Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. Retrieved 10 February 2022.


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